Erik Prince and Stephen A. Feinberg, the owners of private military company DynCorp – was to dramatically increase the number of contractors supporting Afghan forces.

Part of that proposal now reportedly includes setting up a mercenary air wing in the war torn country.

Erik Prince had gone straight to the government of Afghanistan to suggest he could supply a fully-staffed air arm able to provide close air support, intelligence and surveillance, and logistics support functions across the country.

Lancaster6, a Dubai-based private military company, would be the actual contractor for this “turn-key composite air wing.”

The new unit would include an unspecified number of A-4 Skyhawk attack jets, LASA T-Bird armed crop dusters, Gazelle and Super Puma helicopters, An-26 light transports, and a drone called Lioneye, which is reportedly a proprietary design belonging to Lancaster6 that can fly for up to 12 hours at a time.

Where the aircraft would come from, how much the entire package might cost, or how many individuals it would take for the air wing to function as advertised are not mentioned.

There would reportedly be enough aircraft and personnel to provide close air support anywhere in the county within one hour. The attack planes would be linked to troops on the ground in part via an iPhone app called SafeStrike, commercial software that can help deconflict airspace over a given area and mark targets.

The proposal insisted that while Lancaster6’s employees would fly all the missions, Afghan authorities would make key final decisions, including about whether to strike or not.